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  Will B.

  5.0 out of 5 stars I will buy every book this author ever writes

  Reviewed in Canada on May 25, 2025

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  I want to distinguish the specific subject matter of this book (the "what"), from the "how" of Becker's writing and reasoning. The "what" is interesting and relevant, but also bleak and depressing. This isn't a page turner in the sense that I'm excited to read what comes next -- to the contrary, I almost wish I didn't know. As for the "how", though, I really cannot overstate how much I grew to adore Becker as a writer over the course of the book.
  
  The prose is clean and efficient, but what's really exceptional is (a) the reasoning skills that Becker deploys in unpacking and working his way through some difficult and very loaded topics, and (b) Becker's empathetic understanding of the reader's perspective reading the book (what they need explained versus what can be taken for granted, and what's likely to seem important versus boring or irrelevant). Maybe this is a unique experience to me, because I happen to think and perceive the world in much the same way as Becker, but either way the result is a book that is immensely educational and stimulating, where so many other writers would have been dull, confusing or agitating.

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